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tanks in washington d.c. like many other cities you can't always get a cab when and where you need one but when you do catch a taxi and meet its driver and my name is not. i was right you know it's almost for you. like nasser he or she can offer up a reason when and why cabs become scares them you know. when you're driving cabs to the dad to this. too dangerous unsafe and on top of that the business is controlled by a commission that decides everything from how many cabs are on the road to where they can pick up to what they can charge them into the fare. because prices benefit going up but if it is the same thing and making it difficult to rack up those fares and serve customers are the cabs city limits. so we just arrived at reagan airport which is just right modified of washington d.c. and not our cab driver was nice enough to drop us off here only he can't get a return fare back he has to leave and go all the way back to d.c. without anybody in his cab simply because of the regulations. that requires anot
tanks in washington d.c. like many other cities you can't always get a cab when and where you need one but when you do catch a taxi and meet its driver and my name is not. i was right you know it's almost for you. like nasser he or she can offer up a reason when and why cabs become scares them you know. when you're driving cabs to the dad to this. too dangerous unsafe and on top of that the business is controlled by a commission that decides everything from how many cabs are on the road to...
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good afternoon welcome the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday december twentieth two thousand and twelve in the u.s. as the fiscal cliff approaches reuters reports republicans are aiming to vote today in the house on a plan which obama promptly says he would veto meanwhile fish has warned the u.s. could lose its aaa credit rating if washington doesn't get a deal to treat what we call the connery i know this may all feel like deja vu and maybe it will all turn out fine maybe it won't though where you want to place your bets we'll talk to the daily reckonings eric bryant and joe bowman about their choices plus a german study finds paying taxes has a positive impact on a person's subjective well being no word on what the findings would bring in the west but if you are counting on taxation to make you feel like your quality of life is on the up and up state side we'll talk about some other economic options and the opec of maple syrup has been robbed millions of dollars worth of the hot commodity has been stolen
good afternoon welcome the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday december twentieth two thousand and twelve in the u.s. as the fiscal cliff approaches reuters reports republicans are aiming to vote today in the house on a plan which obama promptly says he would veto meanwhile fish has warned the u.s. could lose its aaa credit rating if washington doesn't get a deal to treat what we call the connery i know this may all feel like deja vu...
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in washington state roads are shut down the storm already cancelling dozens of flights. for the latest on what to expect let's go down to the weather center and our own january if is dean. >> good morning ladies. not only blizzard warnings we have tornado warnings as well. this new tornado watch has been issued for areas around the golf coast, louisiana, mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle until noon local time. we have a couple of tornado warnings meaning we have strong location on doppler radar and our trained weather spotters are documenting this. north of jackson as well around the mobile alabama area seek shelter immediately. this is a big storm affecting a lot of folks. you can see the blizzard conditions all along the midwest up toward the great lakes area. there is that line where things are starting to freeze in milwaukee. freezing rain will cause treacherous driving conditions. snow accumulations from a foot to over 18 inches. we have over a foot on the ground just around the des moines area will stretch into the interior northeast as well. the threa
in washington state roads are shut down the storm already cancelling dozens of flights. for the latest on what to expect let's go down to the weather center and our own january if is dean. >> good morning ladies. not only blizzard warnings we have tornado warnings as well. this new tornado watch has been issued for areas around the golf coast, louisiana, mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle until noon local time. we have a couple of tornado warnings meaning we have strong...
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the standoff in washington over how to avert the fiscal cliff. martha: if president obama and republicans and congress fail to reach a budget deal -pbl seniors coul, many seniors could see their medicare premiums go higher. they are paying very close attention to that. both sides agree to expand a little known law so morey tireees considered well off by the government are required to pay higher payments for premiums and proceed prescription coverage. about 5% of medicare beneficiaries pay higher premiums, that number could grow to 25% if the change goes through. the higher premiums would kick in for individuals making more h-pb $85,000 and couplethan $85,000. and couples making more than $130,000. >> five more victims of last friday's deadly massacre are being laid to rest. six-year-old catherine hubbard. annmarie murphy. benjamin wheeler and six-year-old allison wyatt. five of 26 lives the community is still trying to cope with that are now gone. >> we haven't had to look too far to find sadness and we are finding sadness again today. we've just
the standoff in washington over how to avert the fiscal cliff. martha: if president obama and republicans and congress fail to reach a budget deal -pbl seniors coul, many seniors could see their medicare premiums go higher. they are paying very close attention to that. both sides agree to expand a little known law so morey tireees considered well off by the government are required to pay higher payments for premiums and proceed prescription coverage. about 5% of medicare beneficiaries pay...
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those could be caesar some of the assets could be seized and using that logic china could march into washington and take the pentagon as collateral against the bonds that were frogs only sold to china from the counterfeiters over there at the treasury and the federal reserve bank china could march and take control of the entire u.s. military under the same logic and what would america do then oh my god maybe the economy would grow no we can't have that here we had a shootout in the ok bond corral between paul singer a vulture fund capitalist versus argentina which is kind of a weak economy. the global matrix of economy why because citigroup in the eighty's loaded up with debt that they claimed was owed to them from the people of argentina remember wall to restain and citigroup one of the first one of the pioneers in financial para zome you know if you look at the auto financial terrorism ok pedia there should be water preston who famously said no country ever goes broke so he loaned him up billions of dollars in the government under the corruption in argentina said no that government that debts
those could be caesar some of the assets could be seized and using that logic china could march into washington and take the pentagon as collateral against the bonds that were frogs only sold to china from the counterfeiters over there at the treasury and the federal reserve bank china could march and take control of the entire u.s. military under the same logic and what would america do then oh my god maybe the economy would grow no we can't have that here we had a shootout in the ok bond...
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appointed hopefully by democratic presidents so we can undo some of the damage they've done alan in seattle washington alan thanks for calling thanks for watching the show with anyone . but thanks for taking my call tom i'm a big fan of true cost economics where the extranet all these of the product they're captured within that price for instance with gasoline we would capture the cost of protecting the shipping lanes in the middle east etc then gasoline would cost somewhere around ten dollars a gallon. so that similarly i think we could do the same thing with the ammunition in the right tools we could. collect all the costs that are borne by our police our court mark centers and then put them on the price of a bullet maybe if you want to shoot a ten twenty two ruger that's just plain take a chance there won't be much cost because not a lot of people are dying from that bullet but if you want a hollow point cop killer bullets going to end up costing you a thousand dollars. that's an excellent suggestion allan thank you for that for calling in making it a variation on that is the suggestion that. to th
appointed hopefully by democratic presidents so we can undo some of the damage they've done alan in seattle washington alan thanks for calling thanks for watching the show with anyone . but thanks for taking my call tom i'm a big fan of true cost economics where the extranet all these of the product they're captured within that price for instance with gasoline we would capture the cost of protecting the shipping lanes in the middle east etc then gasoline would cost somewhere around ten dollars...
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what is the climate in washington? let's turn to sam stein, "huffington post," karen finney, msnbc analyst and former communications director of the dnc. karen, you first. how is anything going to get done on gun legislation or any kind of changes at all with firearms when they can't even get together on the fiscal cliff? >> well, i think it's like the president said today. he needs help from the american people and from the outside. i think it's so important, the activism that we've seen, i mean just in the last few days over this sort of chained index on social security. i think it's for the american people to make it clear what is acceptable and what is not acceptable, and to raise the stakes for members of congress who fail to act. that is the only way we're going to get anything done. >> and if the republicans stand shoulder to shoulder, we'll be right back here talking about it for a long, long time. they haven't moved on anything else. on budget negotiations, sam stein, this is the second time the president has
what is the climate in washington? let's turn to sam stein, "huffington post," karen finney, msnbc analyst and former communications director of the dnc. karen, you first. how is anything going to get done on gun legislation or any kind of changes at all with firearms when they can't even get together on the fiscal cliff? >> well, i think it's like the president said today. he needs help from the american people and from the outside. i think it's so important, the activism that...
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rich edson in washington. you want to stay with fox business for full coverage of the fiscal cliff showdown. neil cavuto will be all over at 8:00 eastern time. dennis: fiscal cliff phobia rising as the deadline approachedes, three possible scenarios womb. there is a long-term solution, compromise or going over the cliff and here with two different views on what is going to happen and who the winners and losers might be are the financial chief market strategist and ted parish of investments, let's start with you, you have the boldest prediction, you think there's a 55% chance we go over the cliff and yet you are not calling for any major change in your stock portfolio. why is that? >> i don't think there's any chance of getting a long-term solution given the frustration they're having with each side. compromise before the end of the year is lower than actually going over. i think we will go over the cliff but we will have time in the new year to actually come back and fix things in a hurry to ward off implicati
rich edson in washington. you want to stay with fox business for full coverage of the fiscal cliff showdown. neil cavuto will be all over at 8:00 eastern time. dennis: fiscal cliff phobia rising as the deadline approachedes, three possible scenarios womb. there is a long-term solution, compromise or going over the cliff and here with two different views on what is going to happen and who the winners and losers might be are the financial chief market strategist and ted parish of investments,...
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interested in politics who don't like the republicans who do not like the democrats, who do not like washington, you know what they do like? they like barack obama because they sense something about him that he's not a part of it. so even that first debate there we thought was a debacle, a lot of us people thought "well, i liked that because he's not playing that game, he's not playing gotcha, he's not saying nasty things." that that helped the balance for him. >> rose: i'll tell you who didn't like it, his campaign staff. >> i asked, -- at the end of the interview i said to him i ran into somebody during the course of the campaign who useded to work for you who is now the mayor of a major american city. >> rose: could it be chicago? (laughs) >> and i said to him "what happened, rahm, in that first debate?" and rahm looked at me and said "he had a hawaii moment." and when i said that the president laughed very loudly and he caught himself back and he told this lovely story there meant meant that when things seemed to be going to hell in a hand basket he and rahm would sit in the oval office and
interested in politics who don't like the republicans who do not like the democrats, who do not like washington, you know what they do like? they like barack obama because they sense something about him that he's not a part of it. so even that first debate there we thought was a debacle, a lot of us people thought "well, i liked that because he's not playing that game, he's not playing gotcha, he's not saying nasty things." that that helped the balance for him. >> rose: i'll...
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we know that they love free stuff here in washington. free movie tickets may have been tough for the guys to resist. it is possible that watching the lincoln movie, may have inspired the members of congress. at the very least. we know that a minimum of 150 minutes last night. two and half hours, that is the run time they were not talking about the fiscal cliff . it was not just a screening. director steven speil burg spent time with senator harry reid. the house is bracing for real business and this will get contentous. house speaker john boehner will bring his plan b to a vote today . it will raise taxes on those who make more than a million dollars a year. >> the house will pass legislation to make serminent tax relief for every american. 99.81 percent of the american people and then the president will have a decision to make . he can call on the senate democrats to pass the bill or he can be for the largest tax increase in american history. president obama said he will veto plan b. he is holding out a bigger deal that has a lower thre
we know that they love free stuff here in washington. free movie tickets may have been tough for the guys to resist. it is possible that watching the lincoln movie, may have inspired the members of congress. at the very least. we know that a minimum of 150 minutes last night. two and half hours, that is the run time they were not talking about the fiscal cliff . it was not just a screening. director steven speil burg spent time with senator harry reid. the house is bracing for real business and...